The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forehold \Fore"hold`\, n. (Naut.) The forward part of the hold of a ship.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (context transitive English) To hold or believe beforehand; assume; anticipate; predict; presage; prognosticate. Etymology 2
n. (context nautical English) The front or forward part of the hold of a ship.
Usage examples of "forehold".
Only two or three tons which are down in the forehold together are for Enkhuizen, the rest are for Leyden and the Hague.
Fidel Perugachi's crew, when they realized that the forehold didn't have what they were looking for, and that they didn't have time to open the rear hold, had tried to break into the after hold through a hatch high in the bulkhead.
Why, they saw the poor old Fox being fair pulled to pieces by an American frigate that was not only taking her new foretopmast out of her but also transferring what oil and spermaceti she had won - the forehold and perhaps half the main, no more - into another whaler, the Amelia, also from London river.